| Name/History | Named after the SAVAGE family. |
| Transcription | DAR: 1973; about 50 names |
| Repositories | DCL, SHS, DARL |
| Location | Section 30, T61N, R29W; (40 03' 14"N, 94 12' 28"W) |
| Directions | From Old Pattonsburg, go 4 miles west on route "Z". Turn right (north) on 106 St (name of street courtesy 1998 Plat Book) and go 1/2 mile. Old and New Savage cemeteries are on the left (west) side of the road on a forested bluff overlooking the Grand River. |
Source Info |
(1) History of Daviess County (1984) by the Daviess
County Historical Society in a submission by The Tree
Climbers on page 53 makes mention of Cain Cemetery in a
piece on Benton Township Cemeteries: "CAIN CEMETERY
north of Savage Cemetery in Section 30. The oldest known
stone in this cemetery is Minerva, wife of Poindexter
Collins, died April 21, 1856, age 23 years." I
believe that this is another name for New Savage because
the Tree Climbers make no reference to New Savage
Cemetery but do make reference to the nearby Old Savage
Cemetery. The fact that this would conflict with item #3
below that if Cain Cemetery equalled New Savage and
according to a cemetery map at the DCL that New is south
of Old to me is not enough contradictory evidence to make
me change my conclusion. (2) The 1998 Plat Book Plots "Savage Cemetery" in section 30, but make no distinction between New and Old Savage. (3) The cemetery map at the DCL plots both Old and New Savage Cemeteries with New just south of Old in section 30. (4) The 1916 Plat Book plots a single cemetery in section 30 on land owned by Mrs. A. J. Savage. (5) The 1876 Plat Book does not plot a cemetery but does show W. Savage as landowner of the surrounding area. (6) The 1898 Plat Book plots a single cemetery in section 30 on land which appears to be owned by William M. Williams with a William Savage landowner adjacent. (7) GNIS lists Savage as one of 15 on its list of Daviess County cemeteries and gives the latitude/longitude found above, but no distinction is made between Old and New Savage. (8) TerraServer does not distinguish between New and Old Savage nor does it name them, but it does outline the cemetery with cross by side of the road. (9) The MO General Highway Map (1993) plots a single cemetery in section 30. |